Welcome back to the She’s Wild the Podcast. Today’s guest is Lesley Deutch. Lesley is a Managing Principal based in Florida for John Burns Real Estate Consulting. She has more than 25 years of experience consulting with executives in the finance and real estate industries throughout North America. She works on a wide spectrum of development projects, including apartments, for-sale housing, high-rise, urban projects, single-family rental, and commercial developments.
Throughout her career, Lesley has always been drawn to data. As a result, she's made a name for herself as a trusted consultant to major land developers and for leading all custom consulting projects in the Southeast. In today's episode of She’s Wild, Lesley and I discuss her career journey and how her team collects data to provide valuable insights to their clients. We also talk about the unique ways in which they use data to help their clients make better decisions. Throughout the conversation, it's clear that Lesley is passionate about her work and truly believes in the power of data. As a result, she is an inspiration to all women who are looking to make a difference in their careers.
Thank you, Lesley, for sharing your story with us!
Memorable Moments:
6:30- My favorite type of project would be to take a large piece of land and say, what should go here? What's the path of growth? Where do we see the world in 10 years? And what kind of real estate do we need?
10:30- We have a whole building products division that's still forecasting double-digit increases in construction costs over the next year, and that's going to be very difficult for builders to push that through. So I think that's a very big concern. We're watching it closely.
12:34- My job right now is probably the hardest it's ever been to really understand what the market is because it's all over the place.
17:58- I think being able to learn from other people, whether they're just out of college, or the most experienced people, 30 years in the business, everybody has something to teach you.
22:07- Every young person wants to get to be a developer, and that's really exciting, right? That's a really great job. And it's, you know, super high end, but I think learning how to do a deal, learning how to research a deal, and all the pros and cons behind it really helps you understand.
23:05- Really the key to staying employed, to getting a job, is showing someone what you can do for them, and what your worth is.
Connect with Nancy:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/nancysurak
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancysurak/
Website: www.nancysurak.com
Connect with Lesley
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesleydeutch/
John Burns Real Estate Consulting LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/john-burns-real-estate-consulting/
John Burns Real Estate Consulting Website: https://www.realestateconsulting.com/
Lesley’s Podcast Recommendation:
The Big Man Can't Shoot
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-big-man-cant-shoot/id1119389968?i=1000371650194
She's WILD Sound Production by: Luke Surak, Surak Productions: surakproductions@gmail.com
